As Apple portrays Helen as pointing fingers, living in denial, and imposing social constraints on her daughter, we see the burden this places on the entire family. In fact, the author foreshadowed the basic situation of the story at the beginning when he wrote: “My wife is sitting next to me on our new leather sofa. The strength is among us." That quote foreshadowed the issues of overbearing control, lack of trust, and unwanted changes, which unfolded as the story digressed. The analysis of these three issues leads readers to see how the "force" has ironically divided a